#READERS SHARE: Books with muscle/athletic woman

[pumpfiction]

I'd go with the classics, and I'd recommend the modestly untitled Body by Harry Crews. I'm not sure if the late Crews was himself a female muscle admirer but he nailed the subculture very well. I read that the book was published in 1990 while the book's plot in its late stages, IIRC, pits the heroine Shereel Dupont - a Cory Everson prototype against a formidable competitor the likes of Lenda Murray (At least that was my impression when I read it 20 years ago). Full of southern US humour that I appreciated despite far from being accustomed to it. Definitive recommendation.

[Patrick_Henry]

The wonderful Lisa Cross wrote a book on the subject didn't she? Not sure if it was a memoir or novel based on her experience.

I read Lisa Cross' Devil and Disciple: the Temptation. It was a decent read; Cross is a good writer.

Along same lines, Chemical Pink (K. Arnoldi) is a good novel about a female bodybuilder & an adoring (but perverse) admirer.. I read Pink about 15 years ago..

[Kujarer]

Another topic on this subject:  http://saradas.org/index.php?topic=26696.0

[Chameleon]

Just finished "Random Victim" by Michael A. Black which is the first in the "Leal & Hart" series.

Leal is a typical cynical cop and his new partner is Hart, a female bodybuilder. Not all that much action but there are a few nice descriptions in there, will certainly read the next one. 3 books so far, "Random Victim", "Hostile Takeovers" and "Sacrificial Offerings"

Pretty good book - a fairly conventional crime thriller greatly enlivened by including a fbb.

[gwhh]

Here a link to the PDF version of this book:

http://depositfiles.com/files/3zupbm7h0

Enjoy

Only Superhuman by Christopher L. Bennett is a great hard science fiction take on the superhero genre. The main character is strong and her muscles are described several times.

[Warhawk Overdrive]

After some searching I was able to find Body by Harry Crews, the novel has many fbb's and there are many descriptions of how muscular/strong they are. Also uh if this thread counts also fanfic, I would recommend the RWBY fanfic 4 years of beacon, there are many decriptions of how muscular some female characters are, so I think it would please many of you.

Body (epub)

Link:
https://mega.nz/#!3rpUXYiJ!GBAujMfBvGMI8DVU0Clqa1b-MHzoIqSeUwm-OMtWUgY

There was talk of making a movie based on that book. I read it back in the 90s but (my 2 cents)I did not like the ending

[taoschild]

Several good books to add. Body by Harry Crewes and Muscle Love by my wife and me. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H6Y2HSY

[yin-master]

Just a reply to oriander2000 coment on the stigma Larsson book.As I read your comments and scrolled down to the photo.i was cracking up laughter

[yin-master]

I ment cracking up with laughter.but seriously though,what a let down.i feel you .

[knufflschmoe]

also was reading " Devil and Disciple  The temptation

heard Lisa Cross was intensely supported by Denise Masino : trust that when I consider the
countless various erotic story plots within her whole film production ?!.....

[taoschild]

You might be interested in my novel Muscle Therapy: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07M7996TV

[timer]

Modern Ranch Living – by Mark Poirier
Features a 17 year old female bodybuilder as one of the main characters.  An unusual read but good all the same.


Happy reading....

Got the chance to read it over the weekend. Was an interesting experience.

[gwhh]

Robert E. Howard described Valeria in "Red Nails" as follows:

She was tall, full-bosomed, and large-limbed, with compact shoulders. Her whole figure reflected an unusual strength, without detracting from the femininity of her appearance. She was all woman, in spite of her bearing and her garments. The latter were incongruous, in view of her present environs. Instead of a skirt she wore short, wide-legged silk breeches, which ceased a hand's breadth short of her knees, and were upheld by a wide silken sash worn as a girdle. Flaring-topped boots of soft leather came almost to her knees, and a low-necked, wide-collared, wide-sleeved silk shirt completed her costume. On one shapely hip she wore a straight double-edged sword, and on the other a long dirk. Her unruly golden hair, cut square at her shoulders, was confined by a band of crimson satin.

[taoschild]

Does anyone have a master list anywhere of fantasy/action literature which has protagonists or major characters which are muscular females?  There are a number of good ones in this thread. The ones I've read that are worth reading:
Body - by Harry Crews
Chemical Pink - by Katie Arnoldi (though super negative toward msucle lusters)
Achlles Choice - comes with drawings too
Modern Ranch Living - well written
Iguana Love - unlikeable character but bodybuilder in training

[gwhh]

Modern Ranch Living:

 Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Short story writer and novelist Poirier (Naked Pueblo; Goats; etc.) is making a name for himself as a chronicler of the surreal everyday life of the suburban Southwest. In his panoramic, essentially plotless second novel, he captures the aimless, air-conditioner-blasted, pop-culture-saturated nature of existence in Tucson, Ariz. During the summer of 2001, Kendra Lumm and Merv Hunter have nothing in common except proximity. She's a teenaged fitness fanatic, he's the 30-year-old manager of a Splash World, and they both live with their parents in Rancho Sin Vacas, a sprawling gated community in the desert outside Tucson, where growth occurs "at the rate of an acre an hour." Kendra is seeing an anger management therapist, and Merv is trying, halfheartedly, to determine whether he'll always be a loser who lives with his sleepwalking insomniac mother. When a Magic Marker–sniffing juvenile neighbor suddenly disappears, filling everyone with concern and foreboding, the protagonists begin to address their own problems. Kendra and Merv cross paths only occasionally, but their parallel pursuits of happiness are similarly baffled and good-natured. Kendra's strange Valley Girl–like speech patterns ("plussing as which") add a baroque touch to this deadpan expedition into a weird corner of the American psyche.
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From Booklist
Summer in Tucson, Arizona, is hot and lazy, and strange things are happening in the neighborhood of Rancho Sin Vacas ("ranch without cows"). Kendra is a 16-year-old fitness fiend who spends her days focused not on school^B but on muscle growth and trying to control her violent nature. Her wimpy brother is soon off to college at Columbia, but he fails to find a personality, just moping around and occasionally hanging around a strange girl from high school. Merv is their 30-year-old neighbor across the street who lives with his batty mother and faces a job with no real future. When the local drug addict mysteriously disappears and murder is suspected, these characters form unlikely alliances as uncertain futures loom closer. As the summer heats up, so do their lives, and as things twist out of control, they realize that this will be the most important summer of their young lives. Poirier has an understanding of and finds humor in the strange as well as a gift for characterizing the ennui and discontent that envelopes youth. Michael Spinella
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Review
...Poirier's characters are believably eccentric, and his plots teem with the plausible weirdness of desert towns. -- The Advocate, November 23, 2004

It's a craftily concocted story with more than a few surprises... -- The San Diego Union Tribune, September 26, 2004

Poirier's got a knack for swift, vivid description... -- The Seattle Times, October 31, 2004
About the Author
Mark Jude Poirier grew up in Tucson, Arizona. He is the author of two short story collections, Naked Pueblo and Unsung Heroes of American Industry, and the novel Goats. He lives in New York City.

Does anyone have a master list anywhere of fantasy/action literature which has protagonists or major characters which are muscular females?  There are a number of good ones in this thread. The ones I've read that are worth reading:
Body - by Harry Crews
Chemical Pink - by Katie Arnoldi (though super negative toward msucle lusters)
Achlles Choice - comes with drawings too
Modern Ranch Living - well written
Iguana Love - unlikeable character but bodybuilder in training